The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-20


man of the Finance Committee, reported
favorably the resolution authorizing the
subcommittee investigating the peniten-
tary system to employ a stenographer and
sergeant alarms, at n cost not to exceed
$3.50; also the resolution authorizing the
Governor TO draw his warrant for
$500 for tho sergeant-at-arms to the
committee investigating charges against
Mcssis. Rankin, Fain and others; also 800
for the stenographer of that committee;
also favorahly to the bill to extend to non
resident soldiers who have returned to the
State the benefit of the act giving artificial
limbs, etc, to manned Confederate soldiers.
WINE ROOM TAXATION.
The special order Mr.. Felton's bill taxing
wine rooms $40, 1000, was called up by him.
This morning was consumed in discussing
an amendment offered by Mr.. Russell, of
Clarke county, to submit the question to a
vote of the people, the same as provided in
the local option law.
Mr.. Way, of Liberty, supported the
amendment. He said it's object was that
which the gentlemen from Barlow had in
view-the construction of the local option
law. His amendment was in accordance
with that law which excepted domestic
wines from the prohibition provided for by
that act The Legislature was committed
to that exception.
MI lNIOAlCAllN6s
It was thought that domestic wines, be-
sides being a product of home industry
would not be Intoxicating. The principle
of the local option act was that all the ques-
tions involved in it should be submitted to
a vote of the people of the several counties
etc. The counties that have adopted the
local option prohibition have done SO with
the express understanding that there should
be no restriction upon the sale of domestic
"a.
the people of the 100 prohibition counties to
strike out the exception.
HOW THE COUNTIES STAND.
He would vote for the bill with this
amendment, but not without it, He asked
how many counties would have been dry"
to-day if they had known that the excep-
tion In favor of domestic wines was to be
repealed by the Legislature.3
Mr.. FELTON,, of Barlow, opposed the
amendment. Speaking of his BILL he said
he offered it to make prohibition effective
for no other reason. The bill did not apply
TO counties that still license the sale of
prohibition. He would not introduce such
measure-a measure of prohibition by
legislative action.
oBJEcT OF THE BILL.
The object of the bill was simply to carry
out the spirit and purpose of the local option
act. He wanted the people to make and sell
and use domestic grape wines His bill
only sought to prevent the sale of the Spuri-
Gus and ruinous wines sold in prohibition
counties The bill did not prevent the max
ers Of wines from grapes or berries from
selling their own products elsewhere, and it
applied only to prohibition counties, as to
any liquors The class the bill
seek to deal with are found only in prohibit
ton counties
COMPARED TO BARNAcLEs.
He compared the dealers in domestic
wines TO barnacles or parasites. Ship
owners scraped the barnacles from the bot
toms of their vessels and SO he wanted to
scrape the barnacles from the body polite
and social of the State. He also compared
them 10 the seven year itch affecting the
prohibition counties and his bill proposed 20
route them with sulphuric ointment. He
hoped to get large support to his bill from
the anti-prohibitiOn counties because il did
not interfere with them. The greatest
crime of any legislator was TO submit
quietly to the violation of the law.
DANGER IN NEGLECT.
He referred TO instances in English and
French history I'm which the most disastrous
consequences grew out of neglect to enforce
the laws, and also 10 the evils which grew
out of the course Of Northern fanatics in
the laws. His bill proposed that the law
should be preserved and enforced. 1t was
the duty of the Legislature TO do this The
Anarchists and Socialists of this country
came from the beer-cursed countries Of
Europe and found their allies in the saloons
here. The liquor shops swell the ranks Of
the Communists and Socialists. Abolish
them and we will have no such classes in
Georgia.
PROHIBITION IN FULTON COUNTY.
He referred to newspaper article TO
show what prohibition has done for Fulton
county. The press was great power
which he loved for its labors in behalf of
prohibition. He quoted an Atlanta gentle
man as saying that in Fulton county there
was not one-fiftieth part Of the liquor deal
crs that there was before prohibition, and
said that in his own county of Barlow there
was not one-hundredth part. In answer 10
the charge that prohibition did not prohibit,
he said that his bill would make it prohibit
and that was its object.
PROHIBITION GROWING IN GEORGIA.
He concluded by saying that prohibition
was growing in Georgia, and was stronger
than IL had ever been before. The latest re-
ceived was the gem Of the Coosa, and others
would follow until Georgia, from the noun
tains To the seaboard, would be radiant with
the light of prohibition counties. The |
leaven Of prohibition would not cease work |
ing until 70 had leavened the whole lump
Mr.. Glenn, Of Whitfield county, said he |
would offer an amendment exempting pro-
ducers as well as dealers from taxation. !
The law had no effect on producers and was
10 prohibition counties that did
not prohibit the sale of wines.
REPLACEMENT THE OBJECT
1.-THE object of the bill was simply 10 re-
enact the law. II had been submitted 10 !
the will Of the people of every county to |
which IL applied. We could not expect n !
law Of this Kind 10 be fully executed i'm !
day or a week. It was under the @gis Of |
the law that the vino dealers had ssoooed !